Literature won the battle again against New York traffic during the early hours on the 17th February under Brooklyn Bridge in Water St. in the gentrified Dumbo district which was free of cars then.

He have changed our original project in which we wanted to set up 2,000 books in a main avenue in Manhattan. But it was not possible as we didn´t find help with the licences and funding. In the end with 800 books and their corresponding lights we achieved a fabulous installation the way we like them to be – self-managed and aided by friends. We have to say that our installation Literature versus traffic was possible thanks to Jorge Martín Vila who supplied us with all the material, found the right site and who let us stay in his house during the setting up, which lasted two days.We don´t want to forget either Alan, who got us the books and the place for handling them. Thanks also to Kara and Alex who helped us all the time with their knowledge of the city and the transport system. We also would like to thank Craig Dykers who gave us all the moral and physical support on that cool night and provided us with drinks for withstanding such freezing weather.

The wonderful pictures were taken by Gustavo Sanabria who we could not do without in snowy New York.

We hope this first battle will be one of many which will be won against traffic.

This lighting project has tried to provide with a new look at the different ways the museum is used, not only the usual for this kind of venue where art works are exhibited but also before and after opening and closing times.

Museum inhabited 24 horas

What happens when entrance doors are closed and visitors leave and it becomes dark?

We believe that lots of beings live within the closed doors: security personnel, cleaning and maintenance staff, art restorers, curators, installers and other people spend a long time doing their best so that everything is in perfect condition the next day.

With this people in mind and the different uses this site - which is dedicated to art- has. We have dared to imagine the Guggenheim at night, full of life, and thow he Rotunda turns into an indoor patio where neighbours hang their clothes in full view of everyone.

With this intent we have left floating in the empty space our white and illuminated clothes so that this simple action changes the Rotunda into a real patio in Naples-style, full of life, light and social interactions.

The idea:: humanizing the clothes to make it look inhabithed.

Here is the list of artists who will take part in the exhibition, impressive.

We would like museums to be buildings which seem alive and that is why we want to add some green matter to a perfect white building like the Guggenheim Museum.

Our small plants growing all across the museum, in small crevices on the walls and fed through a drop by drop system with serum that have water and green light in them. A network of tubes hang from the Rotunda into the air and enable the right dose to reach each small plant. Not only it would provide food but as well each weed would receive light enough for its growth. Plants would reproduce and as time went by would be more present in the building.

This way the museum, apart from being a space for art, would turn into an ecosystem with plants living harmonously with the works in the museum.